Chaim Lax
Honest Reporting, Feb. 12, 2023
“Both reports repeatedly referred to the perpetrator as simply a “man,” the “driver” or the “assailant,” only once using the term “Palestinian” to describe the terrorist.”
On Friday, February 10, 2023, just before the start of the Jewish sabbath, a Palestinian terrorist from eastern Jerusalem drove his car into a crowd of Israelis waiting at a bus stop near the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot.
In the aftermath of the attack, Yaakov Yisrael Paley (6 years old) was declared dead at the scene while Alter Shlomo Lederman (a 20-year-old newlywed) died from his wounds after being rushed to a nearby hospital. Paley’s 8-year-old brother, Asher Menachem, passed away the next day from his injuries. This car-ramming is the latest attack in an upsurge in Palestinian violence and terrorism.
Symptomatic of a flood of sub-standard reporting from international media in the immediate aftermath of the car-ramming attack, The New York Times and Washington Post made a number of egregious distortions and misleading claims that severely harmed the integrity of each newspaper’s accounts. For a look at the most offensive headlines and articles about the attack, click here
Jewish Settlements vs Arab Neighborhoods
Ramot is a Jewish neighborhood in northeastern Jerusalem that falls within the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem municipality. Issawiya is an Arab neighborhood in northeastern Jerusalem that falls within the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem municipality. Both The New York Times and Washington Post, however, referred to Ramot as a “settlement” while describing Issawiya, where the terrorist was from, as an Arab or Palestinian “neighborhood.” … [To read the full article, click here]